Fogline Vineyards
Mattei Road Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel
Sonoma County, California, USA
This 6 year old is drinking very nicely now. Showing blueberries, black cherries, plums, sweet strawberries, earth, vegetables, tobacco leaf, dark coffee, pencil lead, bitter herbs, Indian spices and peppercorn.
Medium plus in body and smooth. Dry on the palate with medium acidity. Nicely balanced with nice complexity.
This Single Vineyard has a tangy finish with fine grained tannins, but not particularly long.
Very enjoyable, easy drinking and fruit forward. A little hot at the back of the throat, though.
Showing a gorgeous nose at this point, full of wildflowers and blue and black fruits.
Good right out of the bottle, good by itself, and better with food.
As it opens up, more complexity comes in, especially on the nose.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
A small production of only 72 cases.
This 6 year old is drinking very nicely now. Showing blueberries, black cherries, plums, sweet strawberries, earth, vegetables, tobacco leaf, dark coffee, pencil lead, bitter herbs, Indian spices and peppercorn.
Medium plus in body and smooth. Dry on the palate with medium acidity. Nicely balanced with nice complexity.
This Single Vineyard has a tangy finish with fine grained tannins, but not particularly long.
Very enjoyable, easy drinking and fruit forward. A little hot at the back of the throat, though.
Showing a gorgeous nose at this point, full of wildflowers and blue and black fruits.
Good right out of the bottle, good by itself, and better with food.
As it opens up, more complexity comes in, especially on the nose.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
A small production of only 72 cases.
Some molasses on the nose. Too much residual sugar for my taste. Would be a reasonable dessert wine.
Some molasses on the nose. Too much residual sugar for my taste. Would be a reasonable dessert wine.
Dec 29th, 2015
Consistent with my last experience, I’m not a fan of this one. No rating because it could be preference 🤷🏼♂️
Consistent with my last experience, I’m not a fan of this one. No rating because it could be preference 🤷🏼♂️
Apr 24th, 2020Was decent, some good spice. Quite rich. A little wine was on the cork when I took off the foil, but wasn’t corked. Could have been off though, so not rating this time
Was decent, some good spice. Quite rich. A little wine was on the cork when I took off the foil, but wasn’t corked. Could have been off though, so not rating this time
Jul 5th, 2019